No.211ー4

BULLETIN BOARD

■UNESCO Lecture
“Field Report on the Terakoya Projects in India and Nepal“
　　Date & Time:  Nov. 20, Sat. (14:00 - )
　　Place:  Nakameguro Square (2-10-13 Nakameguro)
　　Speakers:  Nozomi Imahata, Hiroshi Toyama, Mieko Morita, Takeshi Kusuhara. (Youth Activity Committee members)
　　Theme:  Terakoya movement - YES or NO?
　　　　　- Results of the questionnaire survey
　　　　　- Comparison of three countries ? India, Nepal, and Japan
　　　　　- Panel discussion:  Is the Terakoya movement really necessary?

■ The 47th UNESCO Art Exhibition
　　Dates:  Nov. 24, Wed. - 28, Sun.
　　Time:  10:00 - 17:00 (16:00 for the last day)
　　Place:  Meguro Museum of Art, Kumin Gallery (2-4-36, Meguro)
　　　　　-  Exhibition of paintings, craft arts, calligraphic works, photos by Meguro UNESCO members
　　　　　-  Special Exhibition “Pictures Drawn by Iraqi Children”
　　　　　-  Report on UNESCO Activities
　　　　　-  KURURINPA Exhibition

■ Lecture “The War Isn’t Over”
　　Date & Time:  Nov. 27, Sat. (14:00 - )
　　Speaker:  Mr. Maki Sato, Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)　　　　

Now in Iraq, as many as 5,000 children are living on the streets. There has also been a sharp increase in the number of children suffering from leukemia, since the Gulf War, allegedly caused by the depleted uranium shells. Mr. Sato says, “I want many people to know why there are so many of these children in Iraq.”Thanks to the JVC, in the forthcoming art exhibition, we will be able to see pictures drawn by children the JVC staffs have met in Baghdad and Basra.

■ Komaba Open House (Cultural Festival 2004) 
　　　- Refreshment booths serving foreign dishes, exhibitions introducing foreign cultures, flea market, folk dances, etc…
　　　Date:  Nov. 23, Tue. (National holiday)
　　　Place:  Komaba International Students House (4-5-29 Komaba, Meguro-ku)
　　　Transportation:  Get off at Komaba-Todaimae station on the Inokashira Line, and walk for five minutes from the west exit.

Youth Activity Committee members of Meguro UNESCO, T. Kusuhara, M. Morita, and M. Cho and others, will open a stand to serve zouni (a New Year’s special soup with rice cake) for foreign students who have little chance to eat traditional Japanese food.

 ■Let’s Enjoy Dishes of Different Countries
　　　Date & Time:  Dec. 4, Sat. (10:30 - )
　　　Place:  Kitchen of Gohongi Elementary School

Friendship members studying in Meguro UNESCO Japanese classes will make dishes of their own countries such as India, Korea, China, Thailand, Italy and some African countries. You can enjoy lunch for \800. The profit will be used to support Terakoya projects and others.

Volunteers to make Japanese dishes wanted!!

We’d like to have Japanese dishes, too. You can either use the kitchen at school or just bring dishes prepared at home. Actual　expenses for the ingredients will be paid. Inquiries:  T. Hashimoto

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Ms. Ayako Yamamura passed away on Oct. 5, 2004.

Mr. Shinpei Nakazawa passed away in November 2004

May their souls rest in peace.

On Oct. 2, Meguro UNESCO Association celebrated its 50th anniver sary. The guests of honors all expressed their strong expectations for our UNESCO activities, making us feel more responsible than ever. How can we meet their expecta tions, I wonder? The photos of Asian children in Ms. Oishi’s memorial speech. The poems of children from all over the world. Both were enough to stir our deepest emotions, reminding us of the fact that we are the ones who have made the world as it is now. What must we do to take our share of responsibility, I wonder?　On Oct. 1, Meguro UNESCO has started afresh as an NPO. A new beginning on our 50th anniversary. Do we really have the substance worthy of this new status, I wonder? Take a good look at our activi ties. Even as I edit, I am amazed how varied and wide-ranged they can possibly be. A lecture on Serbia and Montenegro, a walking tour to discover the cultural properties in Meguro, an international cultural exchange at Gohongi Elementary School, etc. So many people from so many parts of the world are involved in these activities. All day and night, all the year round, members of Meguro UNESCO, from the president down, are sowing the seeds for world peace.Everybody works as a volunteer, and that is just remarkable. Ideas on what to do for tomorrow will naturally emerge from our present activities and self-examination. Peace is in our minds, under our feet. Peace starts in the area that we live in. That’s the very reason why UNESCO activities can be found in Meguro, and anywhere else in the world.                             (Y. Okusawa)

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